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How to Use Asana to Create a Flawless Scheduling System with Your EA (Step-by-Step Guide with Screenshots)
It’s 9:00am, Monday morning. You’ve just finished your second cup of coffee for the day as you open your inbox. One email immediately stands out: It’s from Gina Hargreeves, a former-colleague-turned-founder you used to be close with. It’s been six months since you...
Master List: 58 Pragmatic Mindfulness Practices to Reduce Stress, Increase Focus, and Create A Better Life
I’ve been practicing mindfulness for more than 15 years now, and I have built my entire business, Mindmaven, around the concepts of living a more mindful life. In fact, the whole idea behind Mindmaven was conceived on a 10-day silent meditation retreat, at a...
Essential Mindfulness Tools for a More Mindful Life, Part II: Our Top Podcasts
“Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.” - Jack Kornfield, Author, Buddhist Practitioner and one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness...
The Best Email Clients for Inbox Shadowing (Save 8+ Hours/Week on Email)
Does This Sound Like You? I’m going to try and read your mind. More specifically, I’m going to try to predict what email management might look like for you. If I’m right, this article could be a game-changer. If I’m wrong, you can save yourself the time of reading...
Essential Mindfulness Tools for a More Mindful Life, Part I: Our Top Apps
“Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.” - Tara Brach, PhD, psychologist, author and teacher of meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening The concept of “mindfulness” is becoming increasingly commonplace these...
WTF to WFH: The Work-From-Home Office Setup of a 10-Year Remote Work Veteran
If you’re one of the millions who worked from home for the first time this year, Day 1 might have looked something like this: On the couch, cuddled among the pillows with your laptop on the coffee table, reveling in the opportunity to work in your pajamas just a...
Resolutions to Reality: Why 80% of New Year’s Resolutions Fail (and How to Make Yours Stick)
It’s that time of year again and, if you’re anything like nearly half the US population, you’re probably thinking about your New Year’s resolutions. Every year, countless individuals use the New Year as an opportunity to commit to creating meaningful, lasting...
Ping Me: Use Slack to Build a Culture of Communication and Foster Great Team Relationships
Use Slack To Build a Culture of Communication, Collaboration, and Foster Great Team Relationships The Slack app is often viewed as a powerful and efficient team communication tool—and it is. But there can be an easily overlooked consequence in our endless search...
Startup CEOs: How to Scale Yourself (While Scaling Your Business)
Many founders and CEOs embrace the idea of scaling their startup, but overlook something equally important: Scaling themselves. The truth is, a company can’t out-scale it’s leadership (or, if it does, it’s often not long before that leader burns out). As we’ll talk...
Quick Tip: A 5-Minute Habit You Can Use to Generate Game-Changing Opportunities from Your Network
At Mindmaven, we believe the best things in life and business come from our relationships—our network—or from those we know and trust. Think back on the best opportunities you’ve encountered and there’s a good chance most if not all of them happened because someone...